Wheeled vehicle



(No Moda.) Y

f W. B. KELLY.

` WHEELED VBHIGLE.

No. 351,922; Patented Nov. 2, 1886.

INVBNTOR PETERS. Pharm nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn cA Missouri, have invented a new and useful Im- UNITED OFFICE.-

wILLIAM B. KELLY, OF Sr. LOUIS, MISSOURI.'

wustl-,ED MEHICLE- SlBrCIFVICATIQN forming part of Iiettperrs Patent NP. 351,922, dated November 2, ;|.8v8`6,

A plantation mea March 26. rees.

Serial No. 196,667. (No model.)

Beit known thatl, WILLIAM BERNABD KELLY, of the city of St. Louis and State of `promettent in wheeled Vehicles, f which nl@ following isa `ful,l,"c1ear, `and exact description.

My inyeution relates lto wheeled'vehicles,

a-udhas for its ,Object v Dravid@ en @HSI-run- 'ning Vehicle, which willlreadily pass oyerobj st ructions in the road, and will Vroll or levelv "apd harden the road ,rather thaucut Vruts in; p

' hiclethere are provided Spaces D, in which are .to It.

,turesof-0nsbr-Q-O11.ndembinationsof ,rafts `Otln-z yehile, all as liereinafiter lf ul] y described l are made preferably in a flattened or'appr'oxi- Reference is to behad tothe accompanying; marinas, .femmes aparkef this Specification; i `iuwlhich" similarletters of reference ,inf/limite'` .corresponding parts in all the gures.

YFigure l Iisa longitudinal sectional'elevatenti@ ,e1-rejoined s eurely the transverse ,0.1 @einem .thfe-Joietof the beamed@ with' il scbeieg Preferably about .eight @rf-.e111 in s from theends Qf thefzrossheains, .which Iriaybefom vve to eight feet long, andthe beams rt'may have 4any length as the loadtto l A fleeting, B, may. be laid on the cross beainstwhichare shown thinner than the stri ngersctbyl laboutihe thick# l beY carried may require.

ness of the flooring, the beams'a'being about six by four inches in cross-section, and the beams a being about six by three inches in cross-section. The flooring B between the beams a a may be dispensed with when a vehicle-body of any kind is to be placed on the platform.

To the underside of each of the cross-beams a', and directly beneath the Stringer-beams a, at each side of the truck-platform, there are The inyenton CQeSisS .in .Certain ,novel .fea i make .the t9, 01" Platte@ .flame A, of the* .ch ef Mesi .m3111211 ,beams Qtetringersala,

fixed the upper ends of pendent posts c, which are connectedin pairs at their lower ends by a cross-bar, c', whereby a series of timberframes, C, are pivoted at each side of the vehilcle, and ythese frames() are strongly braced by corner 'metal bars, c", at the inside and ylower end, and are braced to the platform A by inside aind outside bracebars, c3, as shown ,in .Figsl and 4, and also by braces c, as shown in .Fg- 2 Between the frame C at `each side `of the veiitted the telescoping wroughtmetal tubes E F, which carry the wheels G of the vehicle, as next explained. The-telescopng tubes -E F mat'ely 4oval shape, and are arranged with their lon-ger diameters in line with 4the string- 7c er-beams a', or lengthwise of thevehicle. The tube E is provided around its lower openend with a flange, e, to which are bolted the :middie parts of opposite brace rods or bars, H H, the lend paris of which are bolted to the posts o o ofthe adjacent frames C C, and at thetop the tubeE isV- provided with a cap-plate, e', which oyerhangs Vthe body of the tube to allow opposite 'upper brace-bars, I I, to be bolted vto it, and ,the bent ends o f said bars I are bolted, like the braces H, to the posts c c of frames C.

Io the cap-plate e' of. the tube E the lower ends of'opposite upright braces', J .lare-bolted, and the upper ends of said braces J arebolted y.to the platform A. The braces HI .I thus give a iirxn support tothe tube E in the space AiD, andfwherebythe inner telescoping tube, F,

nut or collar, la', at its upper end, prevents disconnection of the wheel-yoke from the tube F or falling` of said tube from the tube E, but

allows the tube F to be forced upward in the tube E against the tension of a Strong spiral spring, L, placed within the tubes E F, and- ICO bearing at opposite ends on the cap-plate e and bottom plate, f. (See Fig. 4.)

To the forward end of t-he lower timber, c', of each frame C there are pivoted on a bolt, m, a pair of opposite side bars or wheel guard plates, M M, which incline downward and rearward at their loweredges to points at n, about level with the periphery of the wheel G just behind, and from these points n bars or plates N N, fixed to bars M M, curve upward and rearward, and at their rear ends are journaled upon studs or gudgeons O O, fixed at opposite sides of the lower part of the telescopi-ng tube F. The shape of the bars N N allows the adjacent wheel G to turn freely around on the bolt K, like a caster-wheel when the vehicle is backing, and the tube F will be raised by the rise of the bars or plates M M. There may be as many of these wheels G and connected parts arranged at each side of the vehicle as its size, thev weight of t-he load to be carried, and the nature of the road to be traveled over may require.

rlhe operation is as follows: Should the truck be drawn over an obstruction-such as a railway-traek, a stone, or the like-the successive u wheel-guards M will strike the obstruction,

will not sink into soft ground, but will roll it hard, and will improve the road rather than cut ruts in it, like narrow-tired wheels do. Furthermore, as each spring-supported wheel may rise and fall independently of every other wheel, the vehicle will run more smoothly or with less jolting on uneven roads than vehicles mounted on wheels connected in opposite pairs to axles in the usual way, and as there are `many more springs to a vehicle of the same size as ordinarily constructed the durability of the running-gear will be greater than in ordinary wheeled vehicles.

The running-gear herein described may be applied to vehicles of almost any description used in passenger or goods traffic.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire t'o secure by Letters Patent- 1. A vehicle constructed with a platform, a series of independent caster-wheels arranged at and beneath opposite sides of the platform, and springs held to the platform and sustaining the load on the wheels, substantially as herein set forth.

2. A vehicle constructed with a platform, a series of independent wheels arranged at and beneath opposite sides of the platform, springs sustaining the load on the wheels, and yielding guards, as at M, connected to the platform and to the wheel-supports and ranging downward and rearward toward the treads ofthe wheels, substantially as herein set forth.

3. A vehicle constructed with a platform, a series of independent caster-wheels arranged at and beneath opposite sides of the platform, springs sustaining the load on thewhecls, and yielding guards connected to the platform and to the wheel-supports and ranging downward and rearward toward the treads of the wheels, substantially as herein set forth.

4, In a vehicle running-gear, the combination, with the platform, as at A, of telescoping tubes held thereto, wheels held to the lower tubes, and springs forcing the lower tubes and wheels downward, substantially as herein set forth.

5. A vehicle constructed with a platform, as at A, pendent frames C, connected thereto and separated to provide spaces, as at D, tubes E, having caps e, and xed in the spaces D, tubes F, fitted to slide in tubes E, a caster-wheel, G, beneath each tube F, a pin, K, holding kWheel G to tube F, and passing loosely through the cap of the tube E, and a spring, L, placed within the telescoping tubes E F, substantially as herein set forth.

6. A vehicle constructed with a platform, as at A, pendent frames C, fixed thereto and separated to provide spaces, as at B, telescoping tubes E F, held to and between frames C, wheels, as at G, held to tubes F, springs, as at L, placed within the tubes E F, and guards, as at M, pivoted to frames C, and ranging downward and rearward toward the treads of the wheels, and connected, as at N O, to the tubes F, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

7. In a vehicle running-gear, the combination, with a platform, A, pendent frames C, fixed thereto, telescoping tubes E F, wheels held to tubes F, and springs forcing said tubes and wheels downward, substantially as speci- IOC fred, of the braces H I J, securing the upper 1 tubes, E, to the parts A C, substantially as herein set forth. v

` WILLIAM B. KELLY. Witnesses:

W. J. Masini,

FRANK NEE. 

